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Current as of May 06, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. A person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act or any employee, agent or lessee of that person may refuse to deliver, sell or serve alcoholic beverages to any person who is unable to produce an identity card as evidence that the person is twenty-one years of age or over.
B. An identity document is valid for the purposes of the Liquor Control Act even if it has expired.
C. Except for deliveries of alcoholic beverages pursuant to Section 4 of this 2021 act, it is unnecessary to ask for an identity document if the person clearly looks older than thirty-five years of age.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 60. Business Licenses § 60-7B-5. Refusal to sell, serve or deliver alcoholic beverages to person unable to produce identity card - last updated May 06, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-60-business-licenses/nm-st-sect-60-7b-5/
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